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Article #7978Re: Texas hurricane evacuation = Chinese fire drill
From: Scott en Aztl�n
Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2005 13:57
Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2005 13:57
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On 27 Sep 2005 14:47:44 -0700, "Dave" <davidphogan@gmail.com> wrote: >> Read again. I suggested FLOATING motels for the few businesses that really >> need to house employees near (businesses on dry land that MUST be near the >> ocean). That was just one reasonable suggestion, btw. > >There's nothing reasonable about the suggestion - it's at least as >pathetic as almost anything Judy posts, if not moreso. How do you >expect to buy out every house within 500 miles of an ocean anyway? Do it through attrition: if the government refused to give people money to rebuild houses after they are flooded or blown away, the owners *will* sell - and with the government out of the rebuilding-after-disaster business, there will be few takers. Then the government can step in any buy up those properties, probably for less than it would have cost to give those same people money to rebuild. >Nature happens, live with it. Indeed. Everyone in hurricane-prone areas should "live with it" - WITHOUT being bailed out by the taxpayers for their poor choices. If they can afford to rebuild their homes out of their own pockets, more power to 'em. But it's time we stopped subsidizing poor housing choices.
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